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Re: What do we do now?
Unfortunately, we can not change what has already happened. It is part of our story now. Our experiences make us who we are, for better or worse. We do forget that our husbands/loved ones are going through their own fears. Things will never be the same as they were, but why can't they be better? Make this a new chapter with new memories. We cannot let fear rob us! We live about 50 miles from the city and I was struggling with the idea of the drive for my 30 radiation treatments. Trying to be realistic, I said to my husband "I could go through all of this and still die a year from now". He replied "you could be killed in a car accident tomorrow". He is so right. Chances are I will die from something other than cancer. My point is, none of us are promised tomorrow, but we cannot live in fear. Make the most of today and let us all remember the saying " It is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all.
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05/2011 Mammogram - Clear
3/12/12 Found Lump Lt Breast (BSE).
3/13/12 44th Birthday, Mammogram, Ultrasound.
3/15/12 Needle Biopsy on Lump and Suspicious Node.
3/20/12 Dreadful "C" Word.
ER90% PR90% Her2+
1 cm, IDC, Stage 1, Grade 2
4/19/12 Portecath, Lumpectomy & Sentinel Node Removal. 0/4 Node Involvement...Yea!!
Margins Clear......Yea!!
5/17/12 Chemo Begins. TCH x 4.
Herceptin Weekly x 4, every 3 wks thereafter for 1 yr. Muga Scans every 3 mos.
8/13/12 Rads x 30
9/24/12 Start Tamoxifen
10/22/12 CT/Whole Body Bone Scan. No Cancer Detected......Yea!
1/31/13 Annual Mammogram and Ultrasound....NED....:)
5/23/13 Final Herceptin Appt
6/25/13 Port Removal
5/2017 Stop Tamoxifen (Thickening of Uterine Walls)
5/2017 Start Arimadex
6/2018 Start Lupron Shot
9/2019 Stop Arimidex and Lupron Shot
6/2020 Last Oncology Appt
4/2024 NED (No Evidence of Disease)
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